and then we have "meanwhile, back at the farm giant weredog's cave of wisdom, the Elder Dog waits with Komamura's heart on a saucer"

i'm laughing? /o\

it seems like these guys only had access to a form of the bankai? I mean, the zanpakutou may not have LIFE as such (considering that shinigami themselves are um DEAD) but they have souls?? or are fragments of souls??? it's as though he's setting this up to say that the Quincy have a super huge blind spot when it comes to shinigami abilities (and perhaps that will be their ultimate downfall, not any lack of power?)